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When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.

Bill Crawford

When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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Behavior People Want
Freedom isn’t about having permission to do whatever we want… it’s about having the courage to do whatever fills our life with meaning.
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Our Lives Permission Want
There are two ways to look at most problems… ‘Oh Crap!’ or, ‘Good Information!,’ and our choice will give us good information on how to deal with problems in the future.
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Choices Giving Two
Change isn’t about what you are stopping… it’s about what you are starting.
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Change Starting Stopping
We can’t always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!
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Choose Feels Ironically
Living exclusively in the land of the head or the heart will always be a limiting, limited experience. The most successful among us have dual citizenship.
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Heart Land Successful
Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.
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Highest Important Purpose Sometimes
The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them.
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Belief Validity Willingness
To truly be of service to others, we must first serve the server. The ability to bring an enlightened presence to those in need is the ability to light a candle without burning ourselves out.
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Burning Light Needs
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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Belief Kids Parents
A process for discernment: God is my ultimate source of truth and wisdom, and dwells forever at the center of my being. Therefore, any thought, emotion, or action that takes me further from my center can be neither truthful, nor wise.
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Action Forever Wise
You never want to tie your responsibility to another’s irresponsibility.
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Responsibility Ties Want
Sometimes our ability to accept what we can’t change is tied to our willingness to change what we can.
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Accepting Change Sometimes Willingness
The problem with righteous indignation is that even when you’re right, you’re still left feeling indignant.
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Feelings Problems Righteous
The key to being with family is to engage with those we love in a way we would teach to those we love.
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Keys Teach Way
Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.
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Important Issues Quality

When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.

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